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Hi shutterbug and trashman – my understanding is the site will stay as it is for all of us and we are all equally welcome. No difference.
I also understand that some money needs to be generated to keep the site open for us. Rick doesn’t want us to pay for what we have, but it costs money to run it.
Rick’s idea is to have another section of the site with webinars and some extra stuff in it that we would pay a subscription to if we want to use it. It’s not a way of excluding us from what we do now, it’s a way of making money to keep things going so that we can continue to enjoy what we currently have for free. I don’t think that’s unreasonable – in fact I think it’s good.
The name for this new bit of the site which is coming soon was ‘insiders’. It’s a name that sadly has caused some anxiety and as a result the aim of it has been clouded by the emotions the name has stirred.
I don’t know if anyone has noticed, but Rick has listened to our comments and the name ‘insiders’ has gone and it’s now called ‘premium’. Maybe not a great name but how cool of Rick to change it.
I’d be willing to bet it’s changed at some cost to him if he’s been advertising ‘insiders’ on PBS. Maybe we should cut him some slack now and just calmly wait and see what it’s all about. It takes a big man to listen to us like that. Thank you Rick.
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